# 丏

| 丏 | U+4E0F, &#19983; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E0F |
| ← 与 [U+4E0E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 丐 → [U+4E10] |

## Translingual
### Han character

丏 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一中女尸 (MLVS), four-corner 1072$_7$, composition ⿱一⿰⿺𠃊丨𠃌(GHJTV) or ⿱一⿰⿺𠃋丨𠃌(K))

#### Derived characters

* 𢗔, 沔, 𣏜, 眄, 𥸴, 𥾝(𬘔), 𧉄, 𨟺, 𩉣, 𩾳, 䞛, 麪(𮮄), 𫤫, 𡧍, 𦬛, 𥤵, 髩, 𬂷, 𬯛

### Further reading

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21
* Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 11, character 5
* Unihan data for U+4E0F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 丏
* Small seal scripts06469Transcribed ancient scriptsL16093
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 汅 | *menʔ |
| 沔 | *menʔ |
| 丏 | *meːnʔ |
| 眄 | *meːnʔ, *meːns |
| 麪 | *meːns |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miǎn (mian$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): min$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bián
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
*** Wade–Giles: mien$^3$
*** Yale: myǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
*** Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: min$^5$
*** Yale: míhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: min$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: min$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːn¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bián
*** Tâi-lô: bián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: biern
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: menX
Rime :
| Character | 丏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 彌殄切 |
| Baxter | menX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /men$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /men$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /men$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mien$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | min$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*meːnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 丏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9060 |
| Phonetic component | 丏 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 㨠 |
| Old Chinese | /*meːnʔ/ |

### Definitions

丏
* (literary) to hide from view; to conceal; to be invisible
* (historical) parapet for warding off arrows
* a surname

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* parapet
* invisible

#### Readings

* Go-on: めん (men)
* Kan-on: べん (ben)
* Kun: みえぬ (mienu, 丏えぬ)

## Korean
### Hanja

丏 (eumhun 가릴 면 (garil myeon))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丏

## Vietnamese
### Han character

丏: Hán Việt readings: miện
丏: Nôm readings: miện

### Noun

* chữ Hán form of miện (“crown”).

### References

* Nom Foundation